Substack does have a lot of quality writing on it, and I think the legitimacy of that writing has come to be associated with its publishing model, whether deser

Substack does have a lot of quality writing on it, and I think the legitimacy of that writing has come to be associated with its publishing model, whether deserving or not. It reminds me of the MySpace => Facebook shift. MySpace was pretty much a cesspit, and by comparison Facebook seemed clean and intellectual. But reality ignored our first impressions, and the failure modes of the model were borne out over time. Thus I think we should be wary and critical of Substack, however superior it may first seem to that which it replaces. [edit for clarity]